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Chapter 106 Murphy's Law (1)
Tan Huade has negotiated with a well-known director, and is about to start filming the commercial planned by Shen Yue.On this day, he suddenly remembered what Shen Yue said at that time, and immediately asked someone to call Peng Zhuang to come over, but when they met, he was shocked: Isn't this still a student?

However, this young man who looked like a student was not stage-frightened at all, and immediately asked, "Have the actors been selected?"

Now Tan Huade is completely convinced of Shen Yue, thinking that the person he recommended must be extraordinary, so he put that doubt in his heart, and replied with a smile: "The director recommended a few candidates, all of whom are An actor who has just become famous."

As a result, Peng Zhuang couldn't stop shaking his head after hearing the names of those actors, and said, "It's not suitable. The man is like a puppet with a deadpan expression; the woman is not pure at all."

Tan Huade was stunned and asked, "Then who do you think is suitable?"

Peng Zhuangdao: "Dr. Shen came to see me before his business trip. He told me that the actors who star in this commercial must be sunny and fashionable. Fashion is easy to manage, and it just needs to be well packaged. But sunshine is something deep in the bone and needs to be natural Just reveal it. Aren’t colleges and universities in the provincial capital holding contests for selection of school grass and school flowers recently? I think it’s good to choose people from there, and the cost is relatively low.”

Tan Huade said disapprovingly: "Aren't celebrities more appealing?"

Peng Zhuang explained: "You're talking about tradition...oh, no, it's mass advertising. Have you ever thought about why so many companies invite celebrities to endorse them? The reason is very simple. In fact, there is no way, because celebrities There are a large number of fans, and they rely on the celebrity's fame. Dr. Shen's plan is a purely psychological application technique, relying on powerful psychological suggestion. Of course, such psychological suggestion is definitely harmless to the crowd. Therefore, Whether it’s the actors, lines or the color of the screen, etc., you must follow Dr. Shen’s plan. In fact, the director is not important, what is important is to have the most brilliant photographer. Talk about the boss, if you think it’s okay , let me make this commercial, and I will only charge half of your budget, and if the commercial is not up to standard, I won’t take any money. How about it?”

Tan Huade is an old fox in the mall, how could he be easily fooled by Peng Zhuang?He smiled and said, "Let me think about it." He then turned around and called Shen Yue, asking, "Xiao Peng said that he would hand over the commercial to shoot. Is that what you mean?"

Shen Yue was stunned for a moment, and thought: Why didn't I think it was possible to do this!He replied: "To be honest, I'm really worried about the effects of other people's shots. The subtle expressions of the actors, the color of the picture, the lighting, etc., these things are best handled by me personally, and now I happen to have A very good photographer."

Tan Huade said with a smile: "If you are in charge of this commercial, I am completely at ease. In this way, I will entrust this matter to you, from the shooting of the commercial to the media release, you see How about it?"

Shen Yue smiled and said, "You have to know, my price is not cheap."

Tan Huade laughed and said, "But it's worth it, isn't it?"

Just now when Shen Yue was talking with Tan Huade, Kang Ruxin was beside him. Seeing Shen Yue's frowning expression after answering the phone, he quickly said thoughtfully: "How about, let's go back right away."

Shen Yue said apologetically to her: "Advertising is a trivial matter. Now I am most worried about those five cases. Maybe I am too sensitive. I always feel that this murderer will continue to commit crimes, so the best way to stop him is to Find him as soon as possible."

Kang Ruxin nodded and said: "If those five cases were really committed by the same murderer, the possibility of another murder is very high, because these cases have not been solved, and it is easy for the murderer to get lucky and challenge the police. psychology."

Shen Yue shook his head and said: "It's not just that. If this is really a serial murder case, the murderer is likely to exaggerate his ability psychologically, which is actually a kind of self-psychological suggestion. Therefore, it is unlikely that the murderer It is a fluke mentality, and it is not necessarily to challenge the police, but to treat each crime as a process of enjoyment. Have you noticed that although these five cases seem incredible, the results seem to be difficult to find flaws .”

Kang Ruxin suddenly remembered something, and asked: "In these five cases, the murder weapon directly pierced the victim's heart. The crime process was quick and simple. Do you think this murderer is a doctor?"

Shen Yue frowned and said: "Of course I have thought about this problem, but the murder weapon used by the murderer is very strange, like a thin steel wire that has been sharpened. die."

Kang Ruxin nodded and said, "Then let's go back earlier. But what about your selection?"

What Shen Yue was thinking about was another matter. He looked at Kang Ruxin with concern on his face, and said, "The selection of candidates can be put aside for a while, and the manpower for psychological counseling and treatment is actually easy to deal with. It’s just a matter of poaching people in the hospital, anyway, there are not many patients in the psychology departments of many hospitals.”

Kang Ruxin understood immediately, and said softly, "I know you came here to accompany me to relax. I'm fine now, and I haven't had any hallucinations in the past few days."

Shen Yue hugged her gently, and asked softly, "Did you lie to me?"

Kang Ruxin leaned against him and said softly, "Really."

The first victim in these five cases was a woman named Sun Hongyan, who was only 24 years old when she was killed. superior.At that time, there were a lot of people in the car, and it was extremely crowded. Sun Hongyan was directly pierced through the heart by some kind of small and sharp weapon, and died instantly.Because the wound was small and the muscles contracted rapidly, no blood flowed from the wound, and the passengers around didn't even know that she was dead. The driver didn't find out that she was dead until the bus arrived at the terminal and the passengers got off.And there was no surveillance video on that bus, so the police couldn't find any clues at all.

The second victim was Jiang Renjie, 35 years old, a driver of a private company, who was murdered in the winter of two years ago.At that time, the deceased was sitting on a wicker chair asking someone to shine his shoes, when he was stabbed from the left back with a small sharp weapon, directly piercing the heart.It wasn't until the shoeshine was finished and the shoe shiner asked the deceased to pay him that he was dead.

The third victim was a 62-year-old retired man who was murdered in an open-air teahouse. The murder weapon was also stabbed from the back to the heart, resulting in death.

A fourth victim was a young female teacher who was snapping up discounted sweaters outside a department store when she was killed.

The last victim in the case file was a doctor in a dental clinic. He was killed in an alley near his home while he was out walking his dog at night. He was also stabbed in the heart with a small murder weapon.

These five cases took place at different times in the past three years. The locations chosen by the murderer were all places without surveillance cameras, and their modus operandi was very clean. Moreover, four of the cases happened in crowded public places.In fact, Shen Yue has always suspected that the real reason why the police did not investigate these cases together was not that the police could not find any clues, but that they were worried about causing panic among the citizens.But that didn't matter, because the cases were now in his hands.

The more difficult the case file, the more it can arouse Shen Yue's keen interest. He really wants to know what kind of stories are hidden behind these cases.Also, what kind of personality traits does the criminal have?
Kang Ruxin also read the case files of these cases, and she once again expressed her opinion: "Could the murderer be a surgeon? Or an expert in anatomy?"

Shen Yue shook his head and said: "Actually, under the current situation, it is meaningless for us to guess the occupation of the murderer, isn't it? Even if we think the murderer is a surgeon, it is impossible for us to identify all surgeons. Let’s call to inquire? What’s more, surgeons and anatomy researchers only have a deeper understanding of human body structure, but they may not be able to control the power properly. Judging from the wounds of the five deceased, The murder weapon is likely to be a thin steel wire. If the force is not well controlled, the steel wire will bend, and once it hits the ribs, it will fall short. Therefore, unless you are a person with a particularly good hand feel, you can feel the steel wire encounter resistance. At that moment, the steel wire is withdrawn a little, and then pierced quickly again, which is not necessarily something that surgeons or anatomical researchers can do."

Kang Ru thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's true."

Shen Yue continued: "The difficulty of this case is that so far we haven't found anything in common among the five victims other than the similar cause of death, so we must calm down and start with the deceased. It should be possible to find some useful clues."

Kang Ruxin asked: "Could the murderer commit the crime randomly? For example, after the murderer killed the first person he knew, that is, the 'Miss', he suddenly felt that such a way of killing was very interesting and very successful." feeling, and then start randomly looking for another object.”

Shen Yue shook his head and said, "I've thought about this too, but I don't think it's possible. Have you noticed that these five murders are all 'perfect' on the surface, what does this mean? It means that the murderer has a choice in who he murders , and it is planned. The most fundamental difference between humans and animals is that humans have thoughts. What is thought? In the final analysis, it is motivation and purpose. Random killing is actually a temporary lack of thought, so the possibility of continuous crime is unlikely. Unless the killer is extremely psychopathic. But you have to pay attention, the purpose of perverted killers is to vent their perverted emotions, so their modus operandi is often perverted, which will definitely make the victim suffer all kinds of torture or humiliation, but these five This case is clearly not the case.”

Kang Ruxin asked, "Then what shall we do next?"

Shen Yue thought for a while, and said: "I have only one method, and that is to find the criminal's motive from the deceased."

After Sun Hongyan was murdered, the hair salon was ordered to close down. Not long after, the owner of the hair salon reopened after paying the fine.Such hair salons in the city are like public telephone booths, tobacco and alcohol stores, and banks. It seems that there is one every few streets, as if such things have become a necessity for some people's lives.

When the two came outside the hair salon, Shen Yue said to Kang Ruxin: "I seem to have passed a teahouse when I came here just now, you go there and wait for me."

Kang Ruxin said: "You are not a policeman, so people may not care about you."

Shen Yue smiled and said, "Some people can do it with money. Don't you think so?"

Kang Ruxin smiled and said, "That's true."

Walking into this hair salon, Shen Yue found that the atmosphere inside was somewhat depressing, the air was filled with a strange smell, and a few "ladies" with heavy makeup were sitting loosely on a long chair.Seeing someone coming in, a thin middle-aged man hurried up and asked, "Boss, do you want to play?"

Shen Yue really couldn't understand the aesthetics of those who came here to play, and asked with a frown, "Is this the only one? Are there any prettier ones?"

The middle-aged man said courteously: "Yes, I'll call right away and let you have a look."

Shen Yue thought to himself, so this place does business like this.He pointed to one of the "ladies" on the bench and said, "I want to take her out, can I?"

The middle-aged man smiled all over his face and said, "Yes, as long as you give me the money."

After paying the money, Shen Yue took "Miss" out of the hair salon, and asked as he walked, "What's your name?"

"Miss" winked at him and said, "Just call me Xiaowen."

It must be a fake name.Although it was the first time for Shen Yue to come to such a place, it didn't mean that he didn't understand anything.He glanced at the back of Kang Ruxin not far away, and said to Xiaowen: "Let's find a place to eat something, and then we can talk. By the way, what do you want to eat?"

Xiao Wen whispered, "Crayfish, can you?"

Shen Yue smiled and said, "Okay, let's go eat crayfish."

After a while, Xiaowen found that this man took her outside a teahouse, and a woman approached her very quickly, and immediately became vigilant: "What do you want to do?"

Kang Ruxin said coldly: "Come in with us, we are the police."

Xiaowen became wilted all of a sudden, not daring to resist at all.

"Tell us about Sun Hongyan. You should know her, right?" After sitting down in a private room, Shen Yue asked Xiaowen directly.

Xiaowen felt uneasy in her heart, and asked timidly, "Aren't you here to fight pornography?"

Shen Yue shook his head and said: "We just want to know about Sun Hongyan's situation, as long as you tell us everything you know, we will let you go in a while."

Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Didn't you come here to ask a long time ago? It's been a few years, why are you asking again? That day Sun Hongyan went out after answering a phone call, and we didn't know until later that she was arrested. People were killed."

Both Shen Yue and Kang Ruxin knew about this situation, and the police also found out the phone number for Sun Hongyan, but it was from a public phone in a grocery store in an alley.Strangely, the police did not find any useful clues from the grocery store.

Shen Yue asked, "How familiar are you and Sun Hongyan?"

Xiaowen replied: "Before she died, we knew each other for several years."

Kang Ruxin glanced at Shen Yue in surprise. Obviously, this guy didn't reveal his real purpose of bringing this "miss" out when he was in the hair salon. I don't know how he chose this woman. luck?Kang Ruxin said: "Then tell me more about Sun Hongyan's situation."

Xiaowen said: "She is the same as me. She is from the countryside. Her family is poor and we have no culture. What else can I do besides doing this? Doing it in a hair salon can earn tens of thousands of yuan a year." Qian, after a few years, I just find a random man to marry, and that’s the way it is in this life. Sun Hongyan and I just know each other, and we rarely talk about ourselves when we get together. In fact, there is nothing to say, we are all hard-working people. "

Originally, Kang Ruxin was very disgusted with this woman in front of her, thinking she was a lowly and disgusting woman, but now after hearing her words, she couldn't help being moved, and her sympathy overflowed.

But Shen Yue didn't believe the words of the "Miss" in front of her at all. There are prostitutes in western countries, and this is their job.There are so many poor people in this world, why don't other poor women come out to prostitute?He said indifferently: "We are not interested in your working experience, tell me, what else do you know about Sun Hongyan?"

Xiaowen hurriedly said, "I really don't know her very well."

Shen Yue asked: "Does she have a boyfriend? Did she have much contact with anyone before the incident?"

Xiaowen said: "How can people like us have boyfriends? And we dare not let our family know what we did."

At this time, Kang Ruxin also realized that her sympathy was a bit superfluous, and she asked coldly: "Since this is the case, who would call her that day?"

Xiaowen became a little scared, and said: "How do I know? Maybe they are customers who have been to the hair salon. Some customers will ask us for phone numbers. It is really not easy for us to earn money. The boss takes the big money. If We have customers calling us to go out, and we will definitely not let go of the opportunity to make money like that.”

Kang Ruxin really couldn't understand what the woman in front of her was thinking: Don't they feel sick to sell their body for such a small amount of money?Thinking of this, she couldn't help asking bitterly: "Aren't you afraid of infectious diseases? After one illness, I don't think you will have much money left. Is it worth it?"

(End of this chapter)